The European Union on Friday called on Greece to step up its efforts to curb the activities of the “shadow fleet” used by Russia to export oil, circumventing European sanctions.
“We can all do more to close down the networks of the shadow fleet as well,” the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy Kaja Kallas underlined at a joint press conferencelast week with Greek foreign minister Giorgos Gerapetritis in Athens.
Kaja Kallas stressed that “more Russia’s revenues come from oil, and this comes from their shadow fleet,” which helps Russia evade sanctions on oil exports.
She also added that “we need to do more to combat Russia’s circumvention of sanctions, that we also discussed today.”
The European Union is increasing pressure on Greece, calling for